Section 51:
Power of owner or master of mechanically propelled vessel to throw overbroad dangerous goods.
Where any dangerous goods have been taken or delivered on board any
inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] in contravention of section 50, the owner or master of
the 1[Mechanically propelled vessel] may, if he thinks fit, cause the goods to be thrown
overboard together with any package or receptacle in which they ar e contained, and neither the
owner nor the master shall, in respect of his having so caused the goods to be thrown
overboard, be subject to any liability, civil or criminal, in any Court.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for steam-vessel (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).